Mr. Trisler — when I wrote my recent letter to the editor, I expected a reply from someone in the oil business. Are you in the oil business? Yes, Mr. Trisler, they do collect taxes on gasoline and do not make the gasoline. They also collect taxes on TV and refrigerators, but do not manufacture them. They also collect taxes on your property, but don’t mow your lawn. Taxes are not what makes the price of gasoline change every hour on the hour.
Yes. Congress has passed laws to restrict drilling in the U.S. If you check the Congressional Record, I think you may find those laws were put there by Congressmen who were and are in the oil business. They knew they could obtain oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries, cheaper than they could drill for it in America, and still charge high prices for it here.
Also, it was the American oil companies that built oil fields for Saudi Arabia, resulting in the present situation. It’s just like the rest of the companies that have shipped jobs overseas. They get their product made at a slave labor price but charge much more when they sell them here. Unfortunately, so many jobs have been sent overseas that there is no one left here with a job and the ability to buy their products.
It all boils down to greed (like those million dollar bonuses) while those who “got the shaft” must stand in unemployment lines.
Some day God will step in and it will catch up with all those greedy people — and it will be payback time.
Edward Harrison
Lapel
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Letter: Blame high gas prices on greedy people
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Viewpoint: Look at Creation Museum from an educational, scientific perspective
I encourage any and all who have interest in this vitally important topic to “go to the source,” to invest the time and energy into exploring The Creation Museum for themselves.
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Letter: Blame the voters for our Congress
Why is insider trading legal for Congress and illegal for the rest of us? They make and enact laws for all of us, but then exempt members of Congress. Somehow this doesn’t seem to pass the smell test.
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Letter: Smith’s firings appear vindictive
Anderson is a city of negative publicity and actions. Why else is Sears leaving? Can we stand four years of vindictive actions and negative reporting?
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Letter: Planned devaluation of dollar is coming
I’ve submitted letters regarding the existence of a global elite for years now. I’m now submitting another one in which I hope readers will take note of.
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Viewpoint: Myra Kraft inspiration for Patriots
If there was one good reason for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl, it would be because of what I had read.
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Viewpoint: Anderson a microcosm of America
Wherever I have found comments that I felt were outside the values I believe in or were plain misinformation I have spoken out. At times that has been done with a lack of eloquence.
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Viewpoint: Problems in Anderson go back to President Carter
On Jan. 21, Frank Couch of Anderson stated that political conservatives “just don’t get it.” He sort of indicates Sears’ closing in Anderson is due to the new mayor being Republican.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
